Originally published Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Larry Stone's power rankings

Weekly MLB rankings

Last week's ranking in parentheses


	Team
1	Rays (1)	Carlos Pena on pace to drive in 100 runs — and hit .173
2	Yankees (2)	Meet your new active home-run leader: Alex Rodriguez
3	Braves (11)	Growing pains: Jason Heyward strikes out five times in one game
4	Padres (3)	Listen to a story of a man named Jed; a poor GM who barely kept his team fed ...
5	Dodgers (5)	Tommy Lasorda promoted to Executive VP of Bombastic Twittering
6	Twins (4)	Where's Roy Smalley Jr. when you really need him?
7	Red Sox (9)	Adrian Beltre performing like a player worth five years and $64 million
8	Cardinals (8)	Impatient Cards fans waiting for BP to clean up the mess — Brad Penny, that is
9	Reds (7)	Griffey spent a very fulfilling season in Cincy; unfortunately, he was there 10 years
10	Blue Jays (12)	Will someone please explain Jose Bautista and his 18 home runs?
11	Phillies (6)	After seeing Flyers score empty-netter, Phils hope to get an empty-plater
12	Tigers (13)	I had the perfect comment all finished, but Jim Joyce deleted it
13	Rockies (14)	Rockies' full-proof strategy to win NL West: Go 28-0 in September
14	Giants (17)	Giants had a sandwich pick in draft, but Pablo Sandoval ate it
15	Rangers (10)	Lots of Spelling Bee finalists stumbled on "Saltalamacchia"
16	A's (15)	Ominous news: Emerging ace Brett Anderson returns to DL for elbow pain
17	Angels (20)	RIP to the great John Wooden, who loved baseball and admired Mike Scioscia
18	Marlins (18)	Counting down the days to Mike Stanton, who could be the next Jason Heyward
19	Mets (16)	Mets want to use "top hat" solution to Oliver Perez crisis, but he prefers fedora
20	Nationals (19)	Forget a salary cap; with Strasburg and Harper, Nats will need a hype cap
21	Cubs (21)	In a nice gesture, M's will have Lou throw out the ceremonial first tantrum at Safeco
22	White Sox (22)	White Sox fans will never forget the Griffey years ... er, weeks
23	Royals (23)	Royals claim Texeira; they never met an M's castoff they couldn't embrace
24	Mariners (24)	Brian Holman hopes Bud Selig will serve justice by calling Ken Phelps out at first
25	Pirates (25)	Their scouts furiously seeking out can't-miss prospects for Pirates to miss on
26	Brewers (27)	Selig orders crack in Liberty Bell filled in, and Mona Lisa repainted with bigger smile
27	Astros (29)	They're good enough to win World Series; then again, Arizona State is loaded
28	Indians (28)	The bulk of their offense this week was umpire-generated
29	Diamondbacks (26)	D-backs could give clinics on executing the dejected trudge off field in ninth
30	Orioles (30)	Shrewd MacPhail looking for Orioles' new manager on Craig's List